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Assault on the amazon

Dutch photographer Kadir van Lohuizen shows in black and white photos the destructive cycle of cattle and coal.

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Peru launches a forest conservation program

Ramiro Escobar La Cruz

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Illegal land occupation in Terra Legal

Karina Miotto

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DATA AMAZONIA

A pecuária globalizada da Amazônia

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NEWS

Forest’s ugly duckling to the rescue

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From being cut down for firewood and garden fences to serving as pasture ground for goats, mangroves have never really been seen as a legitimate member of the forest family. Now,Guyana’s mangrove forest takes on a new look

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Ten manatee offspring were rescued this year

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Manatee offspring taken to the Amazonian National Research Institute, in Manaus, arrived undernourished and running a great risk of not surviving. One hypothesis is that adults are hunted and their offspring are left behind. Use the interactive map to see where these mammals were found.

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The “2005”: drought and storms in the Amazon Rainforest

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Five years ago, the tropical forest not only suffered the stiffest drought ever heard of but new research shows that a major storm felled thousands of trees, a sample of just how vulnerable the Amazon Rainforest is becoming to extreme climatic phenomena....

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Forest fires in the Bolivian Amazon

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After years of forest fires ravaging vast regions, official and environmental agencies begin to take action to avert the worst during the dry season in the Bolivian forest.

Fotografia

Assault on the amazon

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Photography

Yasuní, a place that inspires

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Photography

On the banks of the Amazon River

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By Victor Moriyama

Future Forests

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